Qatar Foundation and Basketball Africa League to drive social impact through sport
DOHA: The Qatar Foundation and Basketball Africa League have launched a multi-year collaboration to make the sport more accessible to African communities.
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Darderi outlasts Jodar in late-night epic to reach Italian Open semi-finals
May 13 : Home favourite Luciano Darderi battled past Spanish teenager Rafael Jodar 7-6(5) 5-7 6-0 in a three-hour epic that stretched into the early hours of Thursday to reach the Italian Open semi-finals and extend the best Masters 1000 run of his career.
Coppa Italia fireworks trigger surreal smoke delay at Italian Open
May 13 : The Italian Open quarter-final between Italy's Luciano Darderi and Spain's Rafael Jodar was interrupted in bizarre circumstances on Wednesday when smoke from fireworks at the neighbouring Stadio Olimpico drifted across the Foro Italico.
Swiatek sweeps past Pegula to set up Rome semi-final showdown with Svitolina
ROME, May 13 : Three-times champion Iga Swiatek was at her ruthless best as she dismantled American fifth seed Jessica Pegula 6-1 6-2 on Wednesday to set up a semi-final showdown at the Italian Open with Elina Svitolina.
Seven days inside the Thunder's basketball utopia - ESPN
EACH BASKETBALL IS perfectly aligned on each rack in the Oklahoma City Thunder's practice facility, one continuous WilsonWilsonWilsonWilson shelf after shelf. The water bottles and sports drinks in the refrigerators are aligned with the same precision, label out, so straight you can imagine someone standing before them, one eye nearly closed, assessing each one as if judging its moral rectitude.
Revived Swiatek cruises past Pegula and into Italian Open semis
ROME: Iga Swiatek gave another indication that she might be back to her brilliant best after destroying Jessica Pegula 6-1, 6-2 at the Foro Italico on Wednesday and breezing into the Italian Open semifinals. A three-time champion in Rome, Swiatek took little more than an hour to take care of fifth seed Pegula on center court, without facing a single break point. It was a show of force on her preferred surface not seen since she last won the French Open two years ago, and gave Swiatek her first semifinal appearance of the season. “I’ve been playing a bit differently, I would say.
Patriots' Hutchins pleads not guilty to domestic assault charge - ESPN
New England Patriots rookie defender Quintayvious Hutchins, a seventh-round draft choice from Boston College, was arraigned Wednesday on a charge of assault and battery against a family/household member, according to documents from Newton (Massachusetts) District Court.
Italian Musetti withdraws from French Open due to thigh injury
May 13 : Italian Lorenzo Musetti has withdrawn from the French Open with a thigh injury, the world number 10 said on Wednesday, describing the decision as extremely difficult.